NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE
WITNESSING THE GOSPEL OF LOVE AND THE GOSPEL OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY

St. Clare Friary
440 West 36th Street New York, N.Y. 10018-6326
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News Release
 

NBCAL Prays for Pope Benedict XVI

National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life Prays for Pope Benedict XVI

 

 

 

 

The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life

joins their prayers with the prayers of the universal Church

for our beloved  Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.

We humbly place our hands in your hands Holy Father,

as we proclaim Jesus Christ, our Catholic faith,

and the Gospel of Life to our people and the world.

 

“My dear friends – at this moment I can only say: pray for me, that I may learn to love the Lord more and more.  Pray for me, that I may learn to love his flock more and more – in other words, you, the holy Church, each one of you and all of you together, Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.  Let us pray for one another, that the Lord will carry us and that we will learn to carry one another.”

                       Pope Benedict XVI – Sunday April 24, 2005
Installation Mass

 

 

 

 

Father of Providence,

look with love on Benedict XVI, our Pope,

your appointed successor to St. Peter

on whom you built your Church.

 May he be the visible center

and foundation

of our unity in faith and love.

 

Grant this though our Lord

Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

                               From the Roman Missal

 

 

The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life was inaugurated in the fall of 1997, with the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the Franciscan Solid Ground Ministry as sponsors and with the support of John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York and the Archdiocese's Office of Black Ministry.

NBCAL Board of Consultants

 

Bishop J. Terry Steib, SVD, DD, Episcopal Advisor,
Fr. Jim Goode, OFM, Ph.D., President, Dr. Beverly A. Carroll (USCCB: SAAC),
Fr. Anthony Bozeman, (NBCCC), Supreme Lady Mary L. Briers, (KPCLA), Br. Tyrone A. Davis, CFC, (NBCCC),
Ms. Therese Wilson-Favors, NABCA, Sr. Roberta Fulton,SSMN,(NBSC), Deacon Jerry Lett, (NAAACD),
Supreme Knight Arthur McFarland, (KPC), Sr. Claire Napoleon, FMM, (NBSC), 
 Mrs. M. Annette Turner, (Pres. NABCA), Msgr. Patrick Wells, (NBCCC), Mr. Michael Youngblood, (NAACYMN),
Sr. Donna Banfield, SBS, (Pres. NBSC) Ex-officio, Fr. Chester P. Smith, SVD, (Pres. NBCCC) Ex-officio


Partnership: 
National Black Catholic Congress
Ms. Valerie E. Washington, Executive Director
Xavier University,

Institute for Black Catholic Studies
Dr. Jamie T. Phelps, OP, Ph.D.
Director

NBCALife